Ayo Akinfe

[1] For starters, they should launch a public works programme that involves getting millions of youths across the geo-political zone to participate in a tree-painting programme. They should plant rows of trees along the country’s borders with Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic to actually tell us where Nigeria starts.

[2] In Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, the governments need to offer free uniforms and school meals to all youths to encourage education.

ENGLISH Premier League side Brentford has joined the list of European clubs looking to sign Nigerian striker Christantus Uche from Spanish side Getafe during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria’s Middle Belt is our breadbasket. It should be like the US Midwest, littered with commercial farms, plantations, agro-processing companies, research facilities and food manufacturers

[2] Just take one commodity grown in the Middle Belt in abundance - Yam. How come there are no yam millionaires in Nigeria? We should vertically-integrated companies that churn out finished products

NIGERIA-eligible teenage fullback Olabade Aluko has been offered a new contract by Leicester City ahead of the 2025/26 season after making his Premier League debut yesterday against Bournemouth in the last match of the campaign.                         

Ayo Akinfe

[1] From henceforth, all public sector contracts must be published online

[2] All contract bids must be made through an online portal

[3] All government, ministries, departments and agencies must have a contract bidding online portal

[4] All contract bids will be subject to review by a panel made up of civil servants, members of the judiciary and EFCC and ICPC operatives

NOTTINGHAM Forest players all wore special Taiwo Awoniyi's warm-up vests during their last English Premier League match against West Ham and may honour the Super Eagles striker again today in their last match of the season against Chelsea.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that Nigeria is the world’s number one producer of the West African Dwarf goat but alas, we make nothing from it in terms of export revenue

NIGERIA'S Festus Keyamo has been elected as chairman of the West African aviation ministers' grouping at their recent summit in Abuja replacing Alhaji Fandey Turay of Sierra Leone.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We shall provide loans with interest rates of no more than 5% to anyone wishing to delve into agriculture. Such loans will be tailored towards buying hybrid seedlings, pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers and farming equipment like tractors, water tanks, silos and barns

SUPER Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has published his list of 26 players who will prosecute the Unity Cup taking place in London later this month leaving out the last two African players of the year Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman.